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Here are other free open access professional development courses and seminars you may be interested in.

MIDIRS free online midwifery seminars
MIDIRS uses a software platform called Webinar, which runs on much the same principles as Elluminate. You can find out about the program MIDIRS has on offer here: [|MIDIRS Webinar Schedule]. The seminars are recorded if you cannot attend on the day. MIDIRS is a midwifery organization but a number of the presentations are of generic interest eg writing for publication and developing a research project.

[|Intimate Partner Violence Screening: Healthcare Worker On-line Learning Programme]
This course aims to: //to efficiently educate healthcare workers to screen and intervene in the case of intimate partner violence in order to interrupt the cycle of violence that involves abuse, injuries, illness and - all to often - death.// The program consists of four chapters and two case studies covering screening, intervention and documentation. It works by providing information to read and then you have simple quiz questions to answer. Only basic computer skills are required to register and work your way through this.

[|Facilitating online communities]
This free open access course is also aimed at educators and anyone else wanting to know how to get involved with online communities and use online communication tools. You learn about how to build online communities of practice using blogs, wikis, Skype, Second Life and so on.

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For more information, please contact Sarah Stewart: sarahstewart07@gmail.com